A 17-year-old was arrested Wednesday morning after he tried to break in to a home on the 100 block of South Drive in Freedom, deputies said.

About 9:30 a.m., a neighbor spotted a teen breaking a window of an unoccupied home and attempting to remove a screen, said Santa Cruz County sheriff's Sgt. Esther Beckman. The teen was bleeding from his hand as a neighbor spotted him, deputies said.

The teen fled. The neighbor called 911 and described the teen to authorities. Watsonville police were notified, and authorities found the teen being treated Watsonville Community Hospital.

Nothing was taken from the home, Beckman said. Deputies collected DNA samples during the investigation.

The teen was arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary and taken to Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall, deputies said.

Beckman thanked the neighbor, Watsonville police and deputies Dan Brierley and Randall Hopp for their work on the case.